The International Relations Office (IRO) at IISER Pune was established in 2014 to facilitate internationalization efforts across campus with specific emphasis on the academic collaborations and bilateral exchanges between IISER Pune and foreign institutions/universities. The IRO works pro-actively to develop and maintain international partnerships. It aims to build IISER Pune as a global educational brand, a leader in research and education.

Mission
The IRO's mission is to strengthen existing and create new international and interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance the global visibility of IISER Pune and meet the aspirations of our stakeholders.

Objectives
•    Provide strategic advice and support to the leadership
•    Strengthen the international brand value of the institute
•    Create opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaborations
•    Foster scientific talent through collaborative programmes and training

 Activities
•    Development and implemention of the Institute’s vision and strategy in maintaining international relations.
•    Fostering and coordination of institutional alliances and partnerships.
•    Promotion of relationships with overseas universities and institutions, and helping define the scope of such relationships through appropriate Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs).
•    Oversight of diplomatic relations strategy with key government agencies and embassies in India and abroad.
•    Development, promotion, and coordination of protocol for the management of visiting international delegations.
•    Organization and administration of students and staff exchange, giving advice on scholarships and other forms of support
•    Facilitation of foreign students, faculty visiting IISER Pune from various countries across the globe.
•    Arranging for the stay of the students, faculty members visiting IISER Pune as a part of the exchange program.
•    Helping international students with completing their immigration formalities guiding them through the necessary paperwork.

Contact us

Dr. Harinath Chakrapani
Dean, International Relations and Outreach
Associate Professor of Chemistry
dean.iro@iiserpune.ac.in

Dr. Sourabh Dube
Associate Dean, International Relations and Outreach,
Associate Professor of Physics,
adean.iro@iiserpune.ac.in

Dr. Naresh Sharma
Head, International Relations
iro@acads.iiserpune.ac.in

Collaborations

We currently have collaborations with the following partners in areas of academic co-operation, and student & faculty exchange:

 

	Organisation	Nature of Partnership
1	The Embassy of France in India, Science and Technology Service	French Language Tutor program.
2	University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Umbrella MoU at the institutional level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
3	Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany	Umbrella MoU at the institutional level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
4	The National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Biological Sciences & Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore	MoU at the departmental level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
5	Leibniz University Hannover, Germany	Exchange/mobility, Joint research, Joint academic activities
6	The University of Melbourne, Australia	Umbrella MoU at the institutional level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
7	The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG), Germany	Joint-academic activities and research collaboration
8	The Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France	Umbrella MoU at the institutional level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
9	The Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) de Lyon, France	Joint-academic activities and research collaboration
10	Temple University, USA	Exchange/mobility, Joint research, Joint academic activities
11	The Regents of the University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science & Arts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Academic and Scientific Cooperation
12	Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France	Dual Masters degree program in Earth Sciences
13	Leipzig University, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Germany	Departmental MoU for academic and scientific cooperation
14	Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) Networks, France (in Cachan, Lyon, Paris & Rennes)	Umbrella MoU at the institutional network-level proposing collaboration for joint research and academic activities.
15	Sorbonne University, France	Academic and Scientific Cooperation, Exchange/mobility
16	Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA	Partnership in DBT funded "Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences" (B4) programme to coordinate postdoctoral fellowships and meetings on topics in the frontiers of biological research.
17	The University of Florence, Italy	Cultural and Scientific cooperation
18	University of Turku, Finland	Academic and Research Collaboration
19	The University of Manchester, UK	Collaboration in the domain of Graphene research
20	The University of Notre Dame, USA	Academic collaboration and exchanges
21	Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany	Institutional, umbrella and student exchange
22	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia	Visiting student research program
23	School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Japan	Institutional, umbrella, Exchange/mobility
24	Hokkaido University, Japan. Faculty, Graduate School & School of Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Graduate School of Chemical Science & Engineering,	Exchange/mobility, Joint research, Joint Academic
25	Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, USA	Non-proprietary user agreement
26	CMS Experiment, Large Hadron Collider (LHC), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland	Full member of the CMS collaboration
27	UK-India LIGO consortium	A collaborative relationship in the field of gravitational wave detection, its spin-off technologies and outreach opportunities.